Animal shelter’s adorable ‘kitty’ commercial is purr-fection

By
Dani-Elle Dubé
National Online Journalist, Smart Living Global News

Furkids Animal Rescue and Shelters in Atlanta, Georgia crafted this humorous video in hopes to get a few cats adopted. Since being posted to Reddit, however, the shelter has been inundated with donations and adoption applications.

An animal shelter in Atlanta, Georgia is winning the hearts of both cat and dog lovers after their hilarious online cat commercial exploded on the popular content sharing website Reddit.

The low-budget video called “Kitty Kommercial” is the brainchild of Furkids Animal Rescue and Shelters – the biggest animal rescue organization and no-kill shelter in Georgia – and has received over 2.6 million views as of Friday afternoon since being uploaded on YouTube on Christmas eve.

“This thing has taken off and it’s just so heartwarming,” says Samantha Shelton, founder and CEO of the shelter. “It’s hard to express the excitement we all feel – all of us that are involved with Furkids.”

The idea to do the commercial came from shelter volunteer Helen Preston and the purr-fect concept was cooked up by her brother Paul Preston, who also plays the part of the used car salesman-esque character in the video.

“Coming on Reddit to start the day without finding out a country had a natural disaster or some sort of governmental problem or terrorist attack and instead getting an adorable video – it’s going to be a good day,” says hometowngypsy.

As a result of the video, Shelton says she’s received an influx of donations from around the country, as well as adoption applications and inquiries from people interested in volunteering for the shelter.

“The general outpouring of support and enthusiasm for the project has just been phenomenal,” Shelton says. “We just really hope that this will inspire people to get involved in their local shelter and adopt.”

Shelton says the team is gearing up for another commercial, this time promoting the shelter’s dogs who are looking for a home, and will begin production in two weeks.